Search Directory Order
When locating binary/symbol/source files, the Intel® VTune™ Amplifier searches the following directories, in the following order:Directory<result dir>\all (recursively).Additional search...
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Creating Projects and Choosing Targets in the Standalone Interface
To specify an analysis target in the standaloneIntel® VTune™ Amplifier interface, you first have to create a project, which is a container for an analysis target configuration and data collection...
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User-Mode Sampling and Tracing Collection
When profiling application execution, theIntel® VTune™ Amplifier takes snapshots of how that application utilizes the processors in the system. A thread is considered active at a specific moment if it...
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Core Port Saturation Analysis
Core Port Saturation analysis type uses event-based sampling collection and is targeted for the Intel® microarchitecture code name Sandy Bridge.This analysis type uses events that help identify how...
View ArticleIntel Core 2 Processor Analysis
Parent topic: Microarchitecture and Platform AnalysisBandwidth Breakdown AnalysisCycles and uOps AnalysisMemory Access AnalysisLingua Inglese
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Parent topic: Intel® VTune™ Amplifier User's GuideData of InterestC-StateCPU Time and Wait TimeFinalizationHardware Event SkidHardware Event-based Sampling CollectionHardware Event-based Sampling...
View ArticleGetting Started
Parent topic: Intel® VTune™ AmplifierStandalone GUI: Basic WorkflowVisual Studio IDE: Basic WorkflowRemote Analysis Workflow for Linux* SystemsRemote Analysis Workflow for Android* SystemsPower...
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Window: Top-down Tree
To access this window: Click the sub-tab in the result tab.Top-down Tree Window LayoutTop-down Tree Window PanesTop-down Tree PaneCall Stack PaneTimeline PaneParent topic: User Interface ReferenceSee...
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Toolbar: Source/Assembly
Use the Source/Assembly toolbar to navigate between the most performance-critical code sections (hotspots). In the Source pane, you can navigate between source code lines, in the Assembly pane you can...
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Pane: Project Navigator
To access this pane: Click the Project Navigator icon on the Intel® VTune™ Amplifier toolbar in the standalone graphical interface. To manage VTune Amplifier projects/results from the Microsoft Visual...
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Pane: Analysis Type - Concurrency
To access this pane:Click the New Analysis button on the Intel® VTune™ Amplifier toolbar.The New Amplifier Result tab opens with the Analysis Type window active.Select the Algorithm Analysis >...
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Display detailed information on actions performed by the amplxe-cl tool.Syntax-verbose-vDefaultOFFStandard amount of information is displayed.DescriptionUse the verbose option when you want to see...
View Articlereturn-app-exitcode
Return the exit code of the target.Syntax-return-app-exitcodeDefaultOFFBy default, the amplxe-cl exit code is returned.Actions ModifiedcollectDescriptionUse the return-app-exitcode option to return the...
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Display brief explanations of command line arguments.Syntax-h,-help-help<action>-helpcollect <analysis_type>-helpcollect-with <analysis_type>-helpreport...
View Articleapp-working-dir
Specify the application directory in auto-generated commands.GUI EquivalentPane: Launch ApplicationSyntax-app-working-dir<PATH>ArgumentsA string containing the PATH/name.DefaultDefault is the...
View ArticleRe-finalizing Results
Results are finalized during collection by default - but sometimes finalization is suppressed, and sometimes a result that was finalized needs to be re-resolved. Here are some of the reasons that you...
View ArticleSystem APIs Supported by Intel® VTune™ Amplifier
VTuneAmplifier supports interpretation of Microsoft* Windows* OS APIs.The following table lists all of the 32-bit and 64-bit OS threading and synchronization functions that are currently supported by...
View ArticleInstrumentation and Tracing Technology APIs
Parent topic: API SupportAbout Instrumentation and Tracing Technology (ITT) APIsInstrumenting Your ApplicationCompiling and Linking with ITT APIsMinimizing ITT API OverheadDomain APIString Handle...
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Interpreting Data on Concurrency and CPU Usage
Analyze the concurrency of your application and how effectively it is utilizing CPU cores using the following viewpoints:Hotspots by CPU Usage viewpoint (default) to identify program units that took...
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Synchronization between the Bottom-up Pane and Call Stack Pane
Each stack in the Bottom-up pane corresponds to a call stack provided in the Call Stack pane. But the number of tree branches does not necessarily equal the number of stacks in the Call Stack pane....
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